09x20 - Without a Sound

[bunniefuu]

( dog barking in distance)

( funky music playing)

Here's your cola, sir.

Will there be anything else?

No, thank you.

Enjoy.

Hope this Freddy
character shows up soon.

Well, my informant, Chester,
said he'd be here today.

Oh, listen, Syd, by the
way, thanks for agreeing

to go to my class
reunion with me tonight.

Oh, no, it'll be fun.

I just thought... Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. Okay.

GAGE: There's Freddy
now... the little ferret.

Let's give him a
second to get upstairs.

Ready? Mm-hmm.

All right.

Eh, Freddy, what'd
you bring me today?

Whoa, hold it.

Where do you two
think you're going?

I was going to use
the men's room.

Slick, that' ain't
the men's room.

Oh, good. It's the women's.

Hey!

Get out of here!

Sorry. Texas Rangers.

( grunting)

( grunting and groaning)

( yelling)

( murmuring voices)

Hold 'em out front, okay?

Hey, Syd, Syd, Syd,
where you going?

What...? We got a...

Well, I know,
but I-I've got to go

if I'm going to get
ready for your reunion.

Okay, now are you sure...?

Don't ask.

GAGE: Hold on, Syd.

Oh, you've got to
open it from the outside.

( door creaks) Oh! Oh! Oh!

Okay, good. I'm
going to fix that.

I'm going to get that fixed.

Sorry.

It's all right.

You know what, Syd?

I have to say, you look
absolutely beautiful.

Really?

Yes, you do.

SYDNEY: You look
really handsome.

GAGE: Thank you. Let's go.

( rock and roll song plays)

♪ Cruisin' with my baby
on a Saturday night ♪

♪ My arm around
her holding her tight ♪

♪ Cops lookin' at us
like we're doing wrong ♪

♪ Got to get her home
sometime before dawn... ♪

Whoa, whoa.

What do you suppose that is?

Ugh. I don't know, but
I can smell it from here.

GAGE: Wow.

( clearing throat)

Francis Gage?

Marilyn Elkins.

You remember me.

How could I forget?

Your father did chase
me around with a shotgun.

( laughing)

Sorry.

I never apologized for that.

That's all right.

Ted Moran.

Hi.

Hi. I'm Marilyn's fiancé.

Very nice to meet you.

I've heard a lot about you.

You, uh... came alone?

Oh, no, no.

Uh, Syd? Yeah?

Um... Ted, Marilyn,
this is Sydney Cooke.

Hi. Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

So, you two, uh, married?

( coughing)

To each other?

Excuse me. I mean... I mean no.

We just work together.

GAGE: Yeah, yeah. Oh,
well, Francis is a great guy

to have around.

In high school Francis and I

spent a lot of time together.

Did some, uh... crazy things.

( chuckles)

Ted, honey, why don't you

dance with Sydney
and Francis and I

will get caught up on old times?

That's a great idea. Yeah, sure.

Come on, Ted.

( rock and roll song continues)

That's Francis Gage.

SYDNEY: Yeah.

Sounds like they were
pretty close at one time.

Yeah. Everyone
still talks about him.

♪ ...Saturday night ♪

♪ My arm around her... ♪

You know, thanks for the dance,

but I think I need some air.

♪ Got to get her home
sometime before dawn... ♪

I'm just glad it
was only rock salt.

I still have the scar
right here, I swear to you.

I lost my dance partner.

He went to get some air.

Oh, I better go check on him.

( rock and roll
song playing faintly)

All right, let's do our stuff.

You guys take the
Audi and Mercedes.

Okay, you got it, Skull.

SKULL: I'll go take
the Beemer, all right?

Let's go.

( slow pop song plays)

♪ Darlin', did I tell
you you are so fine... ♪

Hey, who said I was upset?

All right, maybe I
am a little jealous.

Honey, Francis is a great guy,

but I love you, hmm?

You do?

Mm-hmm.

( chuckles)

Come on, let's go home.

Now?

It's early.

I know.

( chuckling)

GAGE: Syd, what
are you talking about?

Well, you heard me...

You made Ted jea... You
made him jealous. Look.

Wow. I bet you
they're going home.

You think they're leaving?

Yeah.

You know what, I'll go stop him

and I'll tell him that I'm already
crazy about somebody else.

( slow pop song continues)

( rapid beeping)

TED: Hey.

Hey you, that's my car...

( screams)

MARILYN: No!

Oh... No, Ted!

( sobbing)

Hey!

( car alarm chirping)

( engine turns)

♪ In the eyes of a ranger ♪

♪ The unsuspecting stranger ♪

♪ Had better know the truth ♪

♪ Of wrong from right ♪

♪ 'Cause the eyes of
the ranger are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you
do he's going to see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
the ranger's going to be. ♪

( siren wailing)

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

How's he doing?

Well, Ranger Gage

is alert and there are no major

external injuries, but...

well, the sound
of that expl*si*n

has damaged his hearing.

How serious is it?

Well, his eardrums

are ruptured and
there's nerve damage.

In fact, at the moment
he's totally deaf.

( loud, ringing buzz)

Well, go ahead.

Just type in anything
you want to say.

WALKER: Doctor, what are

his chances of hearing again?

Well, unfortunately,
loss of hearing

due to acoustic trauma

can be difficult
to rehabilitate.

Since the eardrums

are no longer intact,
bacteria can enter

causing infection and scarring.

Is there anything you can do?

A steady course of antibiotics,

keep those ears clean and dry.

And then what?

We wait. We have to see whether

those eardrums can rehabilitate

on their own.

If not, I'll keep
looking for options.

( loud, ringing buzz)

What about hearing A*DS?

Well, a loud expl*si*n

can also result in
severe tinnitus...

A ringing in the ears.

The use of any
listening device is only

going to amplify that ringing.

( loudly): Can you guys hear me?

( loud, ringing buzz)

He can't hear his own voice.

He's going to need
your reassurance.

How's Marilyn and Ted?

( loud, ringing buzz)

Gage...

did you see the k*ller?

Yes.

Can you describe him?

I think so.

I'll get the
description, Walker.

Okay.

( whispers): Bye, sweetie.

Describe his eyes.

GAGE: Deep... hollow...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right, what... what else?

Um...

( car alarm blaring)

Sharp bones.

And he had a thin-lipped smile.

Kind of like that.

His hair?

Short, dark. Uh...
bottom left, I guess.

Yeah, hair like that.

Yeah.

We'll find him.

Okay.

Well, we've got a face.

But no name.

Bad news.

We, uh, found the
abandoned vehicle

the thieves arrived in.

But there were no
traceable fingerprints.

They were probably pros.

Whoever they were,
they made a big mistake.

They k*lled two people,
and now they're wanted

for capital m*rder
along with carjacking.

Can't ease up on these guys.

Okay, Trivette, let's get
the sketch on the streets.

See if we can come
up with anything.

Walker, if you don't mind,
I'd like to go check on Gage.

Okay.

Hey, Walker and Trivette...
My two favorite rangers.

Hey, Lorenzo.

You selling stolen cars again?

That was the old Lorenzo.

New Lorenzo is squeaky clean.

Boy, have I got a deal for you.

This slightly used,
almost new sports car.

Drives like lightning.

Help you catch those bad guys.

You recognize this guy?

No.

He's a high-tech car thief.

He steals luxury
cars and kills people.

Two of them.

So he's a real bad
ride for anybody

doing business with him.

Yeah, well, like I said,
I... I don't do that anymore.

Well, Lorenzo, I'm
sure you'd know

of someone who would.

Look, Rangers,

there's this guy named Flicks.

He's got a new chop shop

next to the rail yard.

You can talk to him.

What's he look like?

( chuckles): You can't miss him.

He's the fattest
guy I've ever seen.

Okay, Lorenzo... stay straight.

You got it.

Where are you goin'?

Back off. We're just
here to talk to Flicks.

You're not gonna
talk to anybody.

Oh, man.

( yells)

Flicks, get back here!

What, you think you
were gonna run from us?

DOCTOR: This is a
speech-recognition computer;

an iCommunicator.

You just speak into
the microphone there,

and Ranger Gage will be
able to read what you say.

You mean right here, like this?

That's right. It translates

simple speech into written text.

Well, this should help a lot.

( loudly) All right, I'm ready.

Ranger Gage, I
wish you'd reconsider.

We could get you into an
out-patient program where they teach

lip reading and sign language.

( device trilling)

Nah, none of that stuff's
for me. I'm going to wait

for you right outside. Okay.

Thank you. You know, hearing

is the hardest of the
five senses to lose,

even if it's temporary.

The newly deaf
often underestimate

their handicap and place
themselves in danger.

I'll make sure that
doesn't happen.

You're going to
have to remember.

Although Ranger
Gage looks the same,

his life is very different now.

Thank you, Doctor.

Hey, Syd...

before we go home, there's
someplace I want to go.

Okay.

I'm so sorry, Marilyn.

I wish that I could have
gotten there in time.

Look at this.

Says here he lost his hearing.

Word on the street
is he's the only one

that can I.D. you. Those rangers

have been showing
your sketch around.

Fine.

They may have a sketch of
me, but I got a photo of him.

Let's, uh...

make our deaf ranger
a dead ranger, huh?

( TV plays in background)

ANNOUNCER: brings it to Shaw.

Shaw back to
Becker in the corner.

Looks for his second
three of the game.

Didn't get it. ( socket zaps)

( switch snapping) The
rebound is to Jones...

( announcer
continues indistinctly)

off the dribble that time,

but he forgot to take
the ball with him...

( announcer
continues indistinctly)

Gage?

Syd? Hi.

( loudly): What're
you doing here?

Well, I... Oh.

Uh... thank you.

( teapot whistling)

( crowd cheering on loud TV)

( announcer
speaking indistinctly)

( mutters)

( gasps)

Gage?

Gage?

I'm... I am fine.

Are you all right?
I'm fine, yeah.

Well, what...? Uh...
Slipped. I-I'm fine.

Okay, here you go.

You know, your
apartment... Thank you.

You're welcome.

I was just going to s...

You know, your
apartment looks very clean.

( device trills)

I have nothing to do.

Good?

Uh, so how-how's the case going?

Did-did you find the K*llers?

No.

So that guy doesn't
look familiar to you?

Yeah, he looks a little
like my cardiologist.

Then we got a
piece of information

that's going to give
you a heart attack, pal.

Take a look.

Over a dozen cars
from your garage

were reported stolen.

Auto theft, assaulting
officers, evading arrest.

Looks like you're going to
be spending quite a few years

in the state pen...

pressing license plates.

( scoffing chuckle)

Empty threats.

I got friends in high places.

Yeah, we know your friends.

We're onto them, too.

When we arrest your friends
for buying your stolen property...

Your new Porsches,
your Lamborghinis...

I don't think
they're going to be

your friends anymore.
What do you think?

Look, I don't know who this is.

Then what do you know?

I've worked on a lot
of luxury cars lately,

rubbing off the, the VINs
and-and repainting them.

Who are you working for?

I have no idea.

Look, I get paid.

I don't ask any questions.

An unmarked 18-wheeler
shows up at my shop,

hauls off a batch of
cars about five hours ago.

This guy wasn't there.

Who was?

I don't know.

Just two drivers.

They spoke only Spanish.

They heading south?

I don't know.

They said something
about Mexico.

But that's all I know, honest.

You know, if they're
taking the cars to Mexico,

there are several roads
that lead in that direction.

DPS might not get there in time.

Yeah, but there's only
three border checkpoints

going into Mexico from Dallas.

Which one you
think they'll take?

My guess is station six.

It's the least traveled.

Let's take a chopper.

All right, you know,
I'll call for the chopper

and alert Border Patrol.

( loud, ringing buzz)

We'll be there shortly.

Okay, thank you.

Gage!

( ringing continues)

Oh, hey.

How did you get here?

Uh, uh... very delicately.

Where's Walker and Trivette?

Well, they, they got a
lead on the stolen vehicles.

Well, let's go. Let's give...

No, no, no, no.
They took a chopper,

so there's nothing we can do.

All right?

Just... sit down.

Come on.

Border Ranger Six,
this is Ranger Trivette.

The 18-wheeler with
the stolen vehicles

is on its way.

Border Ranger chopper
will be there in a moment.

It's the cops! Vamos!

We got to run
right through them!

( horn blaring)

He's not stopping.

( horn blaring)

( horn continues)

( tires squealing)

( g*ns c*ck) (
indistinct voices)

Gage. Gage.

You better eat.

Come on, you've
got to eat something.

You got to.

You... if you don't eat,

you know what's
gonna happen to you?

( device trilling)

( slow motion kung fu yell)

I'm eating.

( telephone rings)

You're a goof.

( ringing)

Syd.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

They found the
cars. ( device trills)

But not the leaders.

( silverware clanking)

Look, Gage.

( trilling)

I know this is
really hard for you.

( trilling)

How do you know, Syd?

How do you know?

Does your head throb right now

'cause your ears
are ringing so loud?

Huh? Are all your colleagues

treating you like
a five-year-old?

How do you know, Syd?!

Syd, I'm sorry.

You've been wonderful to me.

( clears throat)

Well... we
questioned the drivers.

They're both from
Chihuahua, Mexico,

and apparently,
about a month ago,

two guys came down and
offered them $100 per car

to come up to the States
and drive the vehicles

back across the border.

100 bucks.

It's a fortune for
people that poor. Yeah.

They also said that
the guys who hired them

were the Devils.

They kept going on and on about

los Diablos, los Diablos.

Los Diablos.

There used to be a g*ng in
Dallas called the Los Diablos.

Mm-hmm, they
trafficked stolen auto parts

across the border.

I thought they were long gone,
though, I thought we busted 'em.

Yeah, well, let's see
if they've come back.

Ranger Gage.

It's not good, is it?

The nerve damage is
still there, ( device trilling)

and the eardrums haven't healed.

In fact, they've
continued to scar badly.

You said there
was other options.

Well, the injury's so severe

that a conventional
cochlear implant won't work.

However, there is an
experimental graft operation,

but the chance of
success is very small.

I'll do it.

All right, but on one condition.

You check out the Dallas

School For the Deaf first.

It's cheery.

Cheery?

No. No. I'm fine.

Rangers? Hi. I'm Sydney Cooke,

and this is my partner,
Ranger Gage. Hi.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Dr. Clark told me
that you were coming.

Let me give you a tour.

Great.

Thank you.

Oh. Here's Miss Hamilton.

Hi, boys and girls.

This is Ranger Cooke,
and this is Ranger Gage.

He recently lost his hearing.

Yes, Billy.

( Billy speaking)

Billy wants to
know are you a real,

honest-to-goodness Texas Ranger?

Tell Billy we're both
real Texas Rangers,

and here's my proof.

Oh, let me show
you how to sign that.

"Proof."

That's easy. Proof.

Proof. Ow.

( kids laughing)

I can't do this.

Ranger Gage, if your
operation doesn't work,

you're going to have
to come to terms

with your disability

first by learning to accept it.

♪ I've known too many people
who were friends of mine ♪

♪ That I left behind ♪

HAMILTON: During the
week that you're here,

you are going to learn
to listen without your ears.

You'll learn to develop
your other senses.

♪ Walk beside me
through this endless night ♪

"Chair..." "Chair."

No, "sit." No, "chair."

♪ When you're with me
darkness turns to light ♪

"Draw"?

Oh, yeah.

"Draw."

Ah, my favorite.

"Football."

♪ Many times before ♪
"Football..."

♪ I've had my back
against the wall ♪

Which... would be "friends...

forever"? ♪ And
I just grew tall ♪

Yeah? ♪ All alone ♪

♪ Walk beside me
through this endless night ♪

♪ When you're with me
darkness turns to light ♪

Wait. Wait.

Slower.

( grunts)

You're getting better.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

♪ Never needed anyone
to lead me ♪ H... H, I,

♪ By the hand ♪
J, K... K...

L, M... ♪ I'd be a man ♪

♪ No amends ♪

I'm hungry. ♪
There's something ♪

I'm cold. ♪ That you've
seen so deep inside ♪

♪ You're by my
side to the end... ♪

We got a problem.

That female ranger's
with him all the time.

I can't get to him.

Well...

I guess you're just
gonna have to k*ll

both of 'em, huh?

Thank you all for helping.

It's our pleasure.

Ranger Gage is
an excellent student.

Aw... got a good partner.

Ooh, and your lip reading

has come a long way.

Thank you.

Especially when it comes

to understanding compliments.

( chuckling)

So, Gage... what are your plans?

Uh, get back to work.

Well, we are all
sad to see you go.

You have all been
an inspiration to me.

( clears throat)

I... must leave.

I'll miss you, too.

Hey, how about a double
double cheeseburger

and a Super-Sized fry?

Jalapeño burger.

Hey, chocolate shake?

( hammer c*ck)

Syd!

( g*nf*re)

( tires screech)

You okay? Yeah.

( Gage grunts) ( tires screech)

Come on!

Yeah, Walker, we're fine.

I'll just have a DPD
officer bring us in.

All right. Bye.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

You know, Walker was saying

that sometimes when
you lose one sense,

that all the other senses

pick up the slack.

I guess maybe
that's what happened.

It's a good thing. Hmm...

TRIVETTE: Hey, Walker,
come take a look at this.

This is weird.

What is it?

Most of the big-shots

in the Los Diablos g*ng

died in the last few years

under mysterious circumstances.

Look. Car crashes,
disappearances, fires.

Are any of 'em alive?

Yeah, I located one.

Name is Drago.

He's in a federal penitentiary.

Let's go talk to him.

MAN: Pass it down, homey.

You Drago?

Yeah.

Come here.

You know this guy?

Well, well, well.

I sure do. That's the
perro that put me in here.

Care to elaborate?
Yeah. Hell, yeah.

That's Raul Hidalgo.

Goes by "Skull."

If I had that fool in
front of me right now,

I'd rip his heart out.

TRIVETTE: Must've had some

kind of falling out.

Yeah, you could say that.

He wanted me

and my crew to start
pushing drugs to kids

in the neighborhood,
but we didn't want to.

Next thing you know, all
the vatos loyal to me are gone

and he rats me out.

Hope you vatos get that fool.

So they're shipping
luxury cars to Mexico

in exchange for cocaine.

Looks that way.

Let me see your cell phone.

( telephone ringing)

Company B, Texas Rangers.

This is Sydney Cooke.

Sydney, get me
everything you can

on a Raul Hidalgo.

H-I-D-A-L-G-O, AKA Skull.

I gave you a simple
assignment, Rio.

You losing your touch?

No.

So, what do you want to do?

Well... I guess
I gotta take care

of our deaf Ranger
friend myself.

You go to the
warehouse and take care

of getting those cars out.

And Rio... no more mistakes.

GAGE: That's him That's him?

That's him.

( dialing)

( phone ringing)

Walker.

Walker, it's Sydney.

What have you got?

Hidalgo's record reads

like a criminal's
greatest-hits list.

Auto theft at 15.

Armed robbery at 19.

Possession, you name it.

He was in prison a year
ago, but when he got out,

he disappeared.

Any idea where he is?

According to the prison
phone logs, he made

several calls to an old
warehouse on B Street

just before he got out.

Okay. Meet us there.

Right. And Walker,
um... Gage is here, too.

Tell him to stay put.

All right.

Um... I have to go meet

Walker and Trivette. All right?

But, uh... but he
said for you to...

stay here.

Okay?

Yeah, I-I'll be fine.

Let's go.

I need these cars
ready in ten minutes

Come on. What's taking so long?

Come on, come on!

What are you
doing in there, huh?

Texas Rangers!

( grunting and groaning)

( grunting and groaning)

MAN: All right, don't move.

( man groaning)

( indistinct voices)

Hey, hey, hey!

Hidalgo's not here.

Where's Skull?

Why don't you ask
your deaf ranger?

Gage.

( siren blaring)

( siren blaring)

( panting)

( b*ll*ts clattering)

Meet Skull.

Ah.

Well, Ranger Gage's
operation is complete.

How did it go?

Well, as I said, it was a risky

procedure at best,

and I'm afraid we
won't know whether

it's successful
until he wakes up.

Thank you, Doctor.

You're welcome.

You know, Gage...

there's some things I
wish I would've told you...

when you could actually
hear me say them.

I love your voice.

I just... I just love the
sound of your voice.

And every morning
when I wake up, I can't...

I can't wait to hear it.

And every night...
when I go to sleep...

I wish you were there.

I can't believe I
never told you that.

I can't believe...

the big holes you
have in your socks.

These are my
favorite socks, Syd.

What are you talking about?

Did you hear me?

Loud and clear.

Oh, my God, you can hear?

It's good to hear your voice.

I can't believe it.

I can't believe it!

You can hear me.
You can really hear me.

I gotta t... Walker!

Walker! Gage can hear.

He can hear.

Hey... hey, wait a minute.

How-how, how long have
you been hearing? I mean,

did you hear, you
know, um, Gage... Hey.

Talk to me.

Oh, my God.

( laughing) Oh...
WALKER: Hey, bud.

Hey, boss.

SYDNEY: Gage, did you...?

Gage! Hey.

SYDNEY: Gage...
how-how-how long...?

Remember, you owe me money.

What-what?

Oh, he can't hear anymore.

SYDNEY: So how long? Like, like,

from what, when you came
out of the thing or just...?

Not long, Syd. Why?

Why do you ask?

♪ 'Cause the eyes of
the ranger are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you
do he's going to see ♪

♪ When you're in
Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where
the ranger's going to be. ♪